Julia Morgan Research Paper

Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan was born in San Francisco, California January 20, 1872 but she raised in Oakland, California. She received her undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She was the only woman to receive the degree in 1894. She was such a great student that her instructors suggested for her to travel to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. However, when she arrived in Paris she was refused admission to the school for two years because they had never allowed a woman to join the school. She decided to enter into many of the most prestigious architecture competitions in Europe and she won most of the ones she entered into. Her feat at these competitions eventually persuaded the administration to admit her into the school under the field of architecture. When she returned to San Francisco, she got hired by Jon Galen Howard. Howard at this time was supervising the University of California Master Plan. Morgan helped architect many of the buildings on the
The castle is located near San Simeon, California about 250 miles from both San Francisco and Los Angeles. It used to In 1919, William Randolph Hearst hired Morgan to take his 250,000 acre ranch and turn it into something spectacular. When completed in 1947, the estate had 165 rooms, 127 acres of gardens, terraces, pools and walkways. Morgan inserted a variety of different architectural styles throughout the castle. The main house is modeled after a 16th century Spanish Cathedral. The indoor pool of the house is modeled after a Roman bath even including gold mosaic tiles. There is also a study that is modeled after the Golthic revival period. The house also includes an airfield and used to include a private Hearst- owned train car that traveled from Los Angeles to the castle. In the words of architectural historian Lord John Juilius Norwich, "Hearst Castle is a palace in every sense of the